The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers of Ghana (COPEC)has said that the reasons given by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to allow the Tema Oil Refinery(TOR) refine diesel with 500ppm level are weak.

They argue that the NPA cannot allow TOR to produce at 500ppm while the Bulk Oil Distributing Companies are made to import the commodity with 10 ppm.

Speaking to Accra-based Citi FM the Executive Secretary of COPEC, Duncan Amoah said government needed to invest in TOR so it could also meet the required standard.

“It is a very weak argument and it is more or less a compromising position that says indeed the high sulphur is bad, the 500ppm itself is also bad but as it stands because we have not been able to do the right investment in our refinery let the refinery continue to work to provide the high bad toxic fuel to the rest of the people while the BDCs are made to bring much cleaner products.”